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The Russian Coast Guard Is Detaining 36 Chinese Fishermen
Russia's coast guard shot at a Chinese vessel and detained 36 fisherman Tuesday after finding them fishing in Russia-controlled waters in the Sea of Japan, reports Kevin Voigt of CNN. Russia's...
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Vladimir Putin Is Reportedly Always Late For Meetings, And Other World...
At the Crimean resort of Yalta last Thursday the president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, waited in sweltering heat for his honored guest, Russian President Vladimir Putin, to show up for a scheduled...
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Russia's Primary Concern Is To Deny Victory To The West
Moscow will not give up Damascus, as Russia’s foreign minister has made clear – despite rebels’ latest success in targeting the heart of the Assad regime. At stake here, beyond Syria, is the...
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Russia's Chief Doctor Tells People Not To Eat McDonald's As It's 'Not Our Food'
Russian chief health inspector, Gennady Onishchenko, has issued a stinging criticism of McDonald's, and the very concept of burgers in general, the Moscow Times reports. "I remind our citizens that...
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Crappy Russian Orphanages Caused Brain Changes In Children
Until the 1990s, the orphanages of Romania were notorious for their harsh, overcrowded conditions. Those perceptions have been borne out in new research that finds growing up in such an environment...
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What It's Like To Ride The 6,850-Mile Trans-Siberian Railway
The Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express is one of the world's longest train rides at 6,850 miles. Its route extends from Moscow to Vladivostok, a Russian city that borders China and North Korea....
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The Pussy Riot Trial May Define The Future Of Russia
Three members of the radical Russian feminist group, Pussy Riot, who are facing seven years in jail over their “punk-prayer” in Moscow’s main cathedral, went on trial on Monday. The prosecution of...
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One Of Putin's Biggest Critics Was Just Scooped Up By The Authorities
It seems hard to remember now, but there was a point within the last 12 months — starting in, say December and ending in March — when international observers really thought that there would be a...
View ArticleWatch The Russian Gymnastics Team Completely Blow It And Hand The US An...
The Russians hung around a close second to the USA in Tuesday's gymnastics team final, only down 0.4 points at the halfway point. But the Americans were able to pull ahead and keep the lead for good...
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The New Cool For Russia's Super-Rich: Slumming It
LONDON (Reuters) - Gone are the Beluga caviar parties and ostentation that marked the arrival of Russia's billionaire barons onto the world stage: the new cool for real oligarchs is a much more modest...
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Putin Is Flying In To London Today To Watch The Olympic Judo Championships
When Putin's private jet touches down in London today, he may have to take a look at a map or two before trying to traverse through bustling city. That's because he hasn't been there in quite some...
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PUTIN YIELDS TO PRESSURE, Calls For Leniency On Pussy Riot
Vladimir Putin has called for a Russian court to show leniency toward feminist punk band Pussy Riot, calling into question the independence of Russia's notoriously politicised court system. Putin...
View ArticleThe Russian Women's Handball Coach Is The Most Terrifying Man At The Olympics
Like many others stateside, we've quickly grown quite fond of Olympic handball over the last week. But little did we know handball includes perhaps the scariest coach ever: Russian women's head coach...
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It's Looking More And More Likely That Russian Punk Band Pussy Riot Will End...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Members of an all-woman Russian punk band on trial for staging a protest at the altar of Moscow's main cathedral will likely receive long jail terms despite President Vladimir Putin...
View ArticleRussia Just Lost Two Multi-Million Dollar Satellites
MOSCOW – Russia’s Proton rocket failed to bring two satellites into orbit after the launch late on Monday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said....
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70 Members Of A Religious Sect Have Been Found Living Underground In Russia
Seventy members of an Islamist sect who have been living in an underground bunker without heat or sunlight for nearly a decade have been discovered living on the outskirts of the city of Kazan in...
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Russia And China Really Mucked Things Up In Syria
Kofi Annan has just three weeks left to serve out his time as the UN envoy for Syria. Understandably disappointed at the failure of what others had called "mission impossible" – a description he came...
View ArticleHere's What Russian Punk Band Pussy Riot Said At The Conclusion Of Their...
The trial against Russian punk band Pussy Riot concluded this week. The band have been in jail since February, arrested for "hooliganism" after they played an anti-Putin song at the Christ the Savior...
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Alicia Silverstone Sent A Letter To Vladimir Putin Asking For Vegan Food In...
Alicia Silverstone, star of the generation-defining Clueless, has written a letter to Vladimir Putin asking for vegan food to be served to the jailed Russian punk band Pussy Riot. Here's the letter,...
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Here's Why The World Will Be Watching Tomorrow's Pussy Riot Trial Verdict
Tomorrow at 3pm Moscow Time (8am EST), the court in Russia's Pussy Riot trial is due to If found guilty of "hooliganism" and inciting religious hatred Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and...
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